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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Kenneth Roth

We can stop Trump’s assault on the international criminal court

Donald Trump
‘The sanctions are the latest step in Trump’s effort to make the world safe for American and Israeli war criminals.’ Photograph: Finn Gomez/Getty Images

Many applauded when Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel peace prize. The South African human rights lawyer had chaired the UN commission of inquiry that found Israel to have committed genocide in Gaza and served for five years as a judge on the international criminal court (ICC).

Donald Trump responded a few hours later by imposing sanctions on the ICC. He chose a moment for celebrating the rule of law to try to undermine it.

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